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Buying at B74 4EB

Before you offer on a home at B74 4EB: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £702k. In Hill Hook.

1 to check4 clear£702k typical on Station Approach

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Radon: up to 10–30% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).
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Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (CITY WIDE HMO).
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Noise above WHO guidelines: rail 55 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A4026, 590 m awayAbout 8,278 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
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Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£702ktypical sale on Station Approach, last 10 years

£3,905typical price per m² in Hill Hook

£1,660–£3,930per m² for homes at B74 4EB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,905 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £351k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Hill Hook

Hill Hook

+66% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	72	£540k	£285k – £1.07m
Semi-detached	37	£370k	£198k – £625k
Terraced	14	£375k	£120k – £950k
Flat	31	£185k	£115k – £315k

Standard sales in Hill Hook. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

0sales on Station Approach in the last two years

154sales in Hill Hook in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at B74 4EB

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Station ApproachDetached	£550,000, Oct 2024	140 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Station ApproachDetached	£180,000, Jun 1999	–	Buyer's report →
6, Station ApproachDetached	£702,000, Aug 2022	190 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Station ApproachDetached	£392,500, Feb 2016	236 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Station ApproachDetached	£189,950, Sept 1997	267 m²	Buyer's report →
16, Station ApproachDetached	£295,000, Nov 2004	206 m²	Buyer's report →
East Lynn, Station ApproachDetached	£285,000, Apr 2012	118 m²	Buyer's report →
Ivy Cottage, Station ApproachDetached	£240,000, Feb 1998	279 m²	Buyer's report →
Station Farm Cottage, Station ApproachDetached	£565,000, Mar 2020	177 m²	Buyer's report →
Sycamore House, 2, Station Approach

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Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£117k	£89k	£830 a month	8.5%
2 beds	£226k	£163k	£1,070 a month	5.7%
3 beds	£402k	£336k	£1,380 a month	4.1%
4+ beds	£590k	£493k	£1,850 a month	3.8%
All homes	£433k	£318k	£1,400 a month	3.9%

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£117k	£89k	£830 a month	8.5%
2 beds	£226k	£163k	£1,070 a month	5.7%
3 beds	£402k	£336k	£1,380 a month	4.1%
4+ beds	£590k	£493k	£1,850 a month	3.8%
All homes	£433k	£318k	£1,400 a month	3.9%

Buying at B74 4EB

Before you make an offer

Is the asking price fair?

Prices in Hill Hook

What sold nearby in the last two years

What it costs to live here

How often homes come up

Buyer's reports for homes at B74 4EB

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Buying at B74 4EB

B74 4EB is on Station Approach

Before you make an offer

Is the asking price fair?

What homes cost and rent in Hill Hook, by size

Prices in Hill Hook

What sold nearby in the last two years

What it costs to live here

How often homes come up

Buyer's reports for homes at B74 4EB

Go deeper

B74 4EB is on Station Approach

What homes cost and rent in Hill Hook, by size